After winning its first three games of the season, Maryland men's basketball moved up to No. 6 in the AP Top 25 released Monday.
Ranked No. 7 in the prior two polls, Mark Turgeon’s squad has picked up victories against Holy Cross, Rhode Island and Oakland — taking each contest by an average 24 points. And it certainly helped that then-No. 1 Kentucky was upset by Evansville, 67-64, on Nov. 12.
The most recent win over the Golden Grizzlies was a dominant 80-50 performance, where the whole bench was emptied. And the 18-point margin over the Rams gained some more value after the Atlantic-10 team coasted to an 93-79 victory over Alabama on Nov.